{"628712":{"#nid":"628712","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Using Math to Tour the Solar System - Prof. de la Llave ScienceMatters Podcast","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHow can NASA stretch its fuel dollars for future missions to Jupiter and Saturn\u0026nbsp;and their potentially habitable moons? By using mathematical concepts that have been around for centuries,\u0026nbsp;School of Mathematics Professor Rafael de la Llave crunches the numbers for the space agency as it looks to save money during its next phase of exploration.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDe la Llave\u0026#39;s efforts are the focus of\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/science-matters\/sciencematters-s03-e04-using-math-tour-solar-system\u0022\u003E ScienceMatters Season 3 Episode 4\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDe la Llave is using a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/mathematics-fuels-space-exploration\u0022\u003E2018 NASA grant \u003C\/a\u003Eto study how to use mathematics to save the space agency fuel costs for future tours of the solar system. His tools include mathematical concepts and theories like Hamiltonian systems, Lagrange mechanics, and Arnold diffusions. 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